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Constitutional scholar Howard to speak here

Spectrum Volume 19 Issue 09 - October 24, 1996

Internationally renowned constitutional-law professor A.E. Dick Howard will
be on campus on Monday, Oct. 28 to offer his views on "The Changing Face of the
United States Supreme Court." The presentation will be at 7:30 p.m. in the
front auditorium of the Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center, and is
open to the public.

Howard is professor of law at the University of Virginia. A former Rhodes
Scholar and founder of the Governor's Fellows Program in Virginia, Howard also
acts as attorney to the Virginia General Assembly.

His expertise in constitutional law and the drafting of constitutions has been
called upon by several of the Eastern European countries emerging from the
dissolution of the U.S.S.R.

Howard will also address an introductory American government class while on
campus. His visit to Virginia Tech is co-sponsored by University Honors Program
and the School for Public and International Affairs (SPIA). SPIA is a
collaborative venture of Urban Affairs and Planning, Political Science, the
Center for Public Administration and Policy, Geography, and the International
Studies Program.

For more information, call Richard Rich at 1-6571 or Jack Dudley at 1-4591